he scores! and, manchester city sail past bayern munich to reach the semi finals of the champions league. and coming up on bbc news, kyren wilson scores the first 147 break of this years world snooker championship in sheffield. but is it enough for a place in round two? good evening. the unrelenting pressure on household budgets has been demonstrated by the latest inflation figures, which showed a very sharp rise in the cost of food and soft drinks, pushing the cost of living even higher. inflation remained in double digits last month, falling only slightly to 10.1% in march. that s down from 10.4% in february, but experts had predicted a biggerfall. more expensive bread, cereals and chocolate caused the overall average price of food and non alcoholic drinks to increase by a rather hefty 19% in the year to march the fastest annual rate for nearly half a century. economists say it s now far more likely that the bank of england will raise its base interest rate next month, a
former president donald trump officially kicking off his 2024 campaign with his first rally in waco, texas. that is expected to get underway at any minute. do not worry. we will not be bringing it to you live. tonight s event comes after a tough week for trump, as a multiple criminal investigations have been intensifying. learning his top aides will be forced to testify against him, trump exploded. on friday, a federal judge ruled ex chief of staff mark meadows and many other trump officials must speak to the grand jury and the january 6th investigation. now, trump is of course expected to appeal that division. meanwhile in new york, manhattan da alvin bragg is receiving hundreds of threats from trump s supporters, notes containing powder minutes ago, on hour ago an hour, downplaying this threat. he claims trump did not share an image of himself waving a baseball bat next to the da s head. i understand it was not his photo. it wasn t an article he re-posted it. but
stands in for ukraine. live from our studios in singapore this is bbc news. it s news day. hello and welcome to the programme. the hollywood star alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins, who was killed on a film set when he fired a prop gun. the actor had been rehearsing a scene for the western film rust when the shooting happened at a ranch near sante fe, new mexico in october 2021. 0ur west coast correspondent sophie long has more details. just under two weeks ago we learned that they were intending to file these formal charges, that has now happened. and along with that several documents have been filed to the court, a statement of probable cause. and it really details what they allege or how they allege alec baldwin had failed in his duty of care, both as an actor and producer. now he faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter. the list is long the reasons that they say, they accuse him of
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the hollywood star alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins. she was killed on a film set when mr baldwin fired a prop gun. the actor had been rehearsing a scene for the western film rust when the shooting happened at a ranch near sante fe, new mexico. hannah gutierrez reed, the film s armourer, has also been charged. our west coast correspondent, sophie long, sent this update from los angeles. just under two weeks ago, we learned that they were intending to file these formal charges. and along with that several documents have been filed to the court, a statement of probable cause and it really details what they alleged or how they allege alec baldwin had failed in his duty of care, both as an actor and producer. he faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter and the list is long, and the reasons they say put forward accusing h